Cytori Therapeutics enters $20 million secured loan facility

Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CYTX) entered into a $20 million secured loan facility from GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services, Oxford Finance Corporation, and Silicon Valley Bank. The loan funded June 14, 2010.

The funds will be used to support Cytori's commercialization and clinical development activities in Europe, Asia and the United States. The loan, along with the $30 million raised from the recently completed Seaside 88, LP financing, strengthens Cytori's cash position. The Company anticipates that these amounts will fund the Company's operations into 2012.

The loan term is three years at 9.9% with principal repayments beginning in ten months. As part of the new loan, Cytori will use $4.4 million of the proceeds to refinance the loan previously entered into with GE Capital, Healthcare Financial Services and Silicon Valley Bank in October 2008. In addition, Cytori will issue warrants to the lenders to purchase 101,266 shares of Cytori's common stock exercisable at $3.95 per share.